According to Rheinmetall, the new laser is designed to counter drones, drone swarms, speedboats and missiles at very short range. Later upgrades will be able to take on supersonic missiles ...

New HEL weapons are smaller than the 1980s monsters, with a goal of 100 to 150 kilowatts—less than a tenth of what the SDI had in mind—and powered by electricity rather than rocket-like ...

In 2020, Germany began work on a high-energy laser weapon. The system was installed in the midship of the frigate "Sachsen". After three years, the tests were completed, which gave very promising ...

Confident in their skills in the laser weapon sector, ... Though, now, after Rheinmetall’s announcement on 20 September 2024, this will be sometime between 2029-30.

But Rheinmetall and MBDA are betting they can finally make a laser weapons system work. Israel’s Rafael is also betting on a laser air defense system, the Iron Beam, which may be fielded as ...

The laser weapon demonstrator, co-developed by MBDA Deutschland and Rheinmetall Waffe Munition, has been installed on Sachsen inside a 20 ft container. (Rheinmetall) A German industry partnership ...

The laser weapon demonstrator was created by the High-Energy Laser Naval Demonstrator working group ("ARGE"), which was composed of MBDA Deutschland GmbH and Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH.

Laser Weapon Demonstrator (LWD) trials onboard the German frigate Sachsen have successfully been completed, following on from the integration of the LWD in June 2022, MBDA, a multi-national ...

Rheinmetall AG (OTCPK:RNMBF) Q3 2024 Results Conference Call November 7, ... There is a laser weapon but it can be also gun based in combination with scan-based and laser-based weapons for the Navy.

An incredible image buried deep in an annual military report released last month shows the U.S. Navy test-firing a high-powered laser weapon at a drone target from one of its warships.. The photo ...